the giants will counter with 33-year-old jake peevey. ura got the better of peevey in the royals game two win. should peevey falter early tonight, could madison bumgarner, the giants star who has already won two games in this series, could he possibly be available out of the bull pen? listen to the skipper. >> i have already talked to madison. he says listen, if you need me, i'm good to go. i'm ready to go. so he's already come in and told me that. hopefully he's not needed. he's had one day off so we will try to get this done without him tonight. >> you want to take advantage of the moment and right now, we have a lead so we want to come in here and do whatever we cannot to give them any i guess glimmer of hope. you just want to kind of take it away from them early. if we can do that we have a good chance of winning. >> got to score early. that is the key. i would be shocked if bumgarner pitched at all tonight. maybe one batter at the moment. he gave the royals no hope in game five. we will see if peevey can do the same in game six. we w

we will hear from the starting pitcher, jake peevey, coming up at 6:00. i'm mike shumann, abc 7 news. >> good stuff. thanks. >>> game six is tomorrow at kauffman stadium in kansas city, if necessary a decisive game seven will be wednesday. the first pitch for both games is 5:07 our time. >> for those of us who can't get enough, abc news sports reporter mike shumann tweeting his view of kauffman stadium. the royals getting in a little batting practice this afternoon. follow our reports from kansas city with mike shumann and wayne freedman. >> it's been a magical series. so much fun. >>> still to come on abc 7 news at 5:00, rallying support for city college of san francisco ahead of a make or break legal hearing. >> also, today's bold prediction on oil prices. it could send the cost of a gallon of gas to levels we haven't seen in years. >>> from 7 on your side's michael finney, consumer reports' list of the most and least reliable cars. there are some changes this year. >>> the long awaited trial that could decide city college of san francisco's future is n

jake peevey starts for the giants game two tonight. >> giants fans hope to celebrate another win tonight. >> go giants. >> they are a little excited out there. local restaurants, bars were packed as the cheering started in the very first inning continued all the way until the end of the game. some of the busiest spots were in san francisco south of market district near at & t park. but if you think the mood is fun and exciting just wait until friday night when they return home for game three. businesses are getting giant boost. >> that is right. i know we call it orange october. it is really looking more like green october. everybody has been doing so well. especially around the ballpark. this is a restaurant behind me. a mexican place that has been thriving thanks in part to the giants. everywhere you look there is is orange and black. from buying drinks and dinner. fans are spending and san francisco is raking in the big profits from big league baseball. the giants championship won is the cherry on top of a banner month. >> we have oracle open world. we have dream force. we have fleet

today, jake peevey, another one of those fairly newcomers shut out baseball. crofford, they got themselves an early winning. with great emotion and joe panic continues to be a sensational story for the giants. he's driven in a run earlier. in deep left center field, he will mottier around for a triple. his 5th hit in the post season so far in 2 games. that's a giants record and shortly after buster posey delivers. so you have got posey, panic and peevey, the three ps. and the giants are off to a 1-0 lead in their 5 game series against the favored washington nationals. we have got joe fonzi standing by in dc and another newcomer came out of the bullpen to make a big time appearance for the giants. joe. >> yeah, that's right, mark. you talked about what joe panic did. hunter strickland had all of 7 innings on his major league history when he came in. he struck them out on 3 pitches, all in the high 90s, desmond was a guy when the bases were loaded had been 8 for 12 with a grand slam 17 rbis, so he appreciated the vote of confidence. >> i'm a competitor and you n

jake peevey not up to the challenge. runners on the corners. down the right field line. alex gordon scores. 1-0. royals. later in the second. slapping the single into the left. salvador perez trots home. 2-0. that is it. recorded four houts. left it full. enter, lorenzo cain. bleeder into center field. falls. scores. escobar heads home. 4-0. kansas city scored seven runs, eight hits. second inning alone. top third. giants have a chance to rally get back in it. bases loaded. after three runs. buster posey. taylor made double play. there will be a game seven. amy from kc. >> disappointing loss for sure. any kid that has dreamt, will tell you they set the stage coming up to the plate in game seven world series. tomorrow night. the giants get to live out that dream. and experience, as any say, gail seven outcome. the giants know how to win an elimination game. >> a wonderful opportunity. yes, i think, you know it's great to, to be a part. to, you know, the dream. is to win the world series. however you can get from a to b. doesn't matter. >> no different than any body else.

jake peevey winding and dealing and jayson werth, no runs and a bullpen game from the 6 through 9, busterey, he got a base hit and rbi. 3-0 giants and washington starts to go to work. we said it was a bullpen game and the kid from fresno, a young man by the name of hunter gives up a blast and cabrera, that makes it 3-2 and romo comes on in the 8th inning and harper a chance to be a hero doesn't work. a 1-2-3 9th inning and giants win 3-3 2-and they win the best of five, the opener in dc. >> we feel good. we understand it is just one game and zimmerman going tomorrow night won't be easy but the boys will come out and we will fight. >>> giants really can gain. i heard katherine using the whipped happened. good sports technology. >>> i wrote that myself. >>> if they win tomorrow night it will be more than the whipped hand. it will be a strangle hold on the nationals, two games, monday and tuesday back at 8th and t and t park and if necessary the 5th will be at nationals park. >>> what an upset. it is one game but dodgers with kershaw and puig got into id and yadier molina and we would like t

had a 3-0 lead at one point and here peevey, the ground ball, panicked, crofford. you think jake pv is a little pumped up right now. we go to the 9th. giants now protecting just a 3- 2 lead. with a one, two, three 9th inning. they put away the nationals, a team that dominated them during the regular season. but final score, 3-2. same two teams will play tomorrow but the continuing story with regard to this team, guys who weren't even on the roster when the season started continuing to contribute and at the top of that list would be the rookie joe -- and he's much of joe fonzi's report, what have you got, joe? >> mark, yeah, that's exactly right. this thing has a very familiar feel to it. it's a come beings of veterans. you only have to go back to 2010 to remember when posey was that guy. he like all the other giants have great appreciation for what joe panic has appreciated so far. >> it's fun to watch a guy that's confident, he understands what type of player he is. and it looks to me like he's got one of those swings that's just highly consistent. >> since he stepped up it's to

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jake peevey starts for the giants in game two tonight against royals rookie.fans hope to celebrate another win tonight. >> go giants. >> there is excitement around town. local restaurants and bars were packed as the cheering started in the first inning and continued all the way until the end of the game. some of the busiest spots were in san francisco south of market district right near at & t park. >> we are going all the way. let's sweep them. end it. >> cannot wait for them to come back. it will be so amazing. >> but if you think the mood is fun and exciting now, just wait. giants fans say it will be even better friday night. that is when the giants return home for game three of the series right back here. all the world series games are right here on already -- first pitch after 5:00. and then our ever if necessary game five would be sunday also in san francisco. >>> new reports of possibly contaminated water in one san jose neighborhood and city grews are -- it's has beening the matter unen safe to drink. >> reporter: they are working to fix the problem. e

the giants are going to start jake peevey going up against royals rookie ventura. peevey was acquired by the giants midseason from the red sox and has been calling up some former teammates from boston as well as chicago for an inside scouting report on the royals. >> you tap every source you have at this point in time. i played in this league, i was in the division with kansas city so i do know them well but at the same time, any little bit along the way helps. so yeah, i have gathered as much information as i can possibly get from guys who i know know this team well and try to use that to our advantage. >> for what it's worth, last night's giants game, the win was the lowest rated world series game in tv history, just over 12 million viewers nationally but we don't care. the giants don't care what the ratings are. >> we want the win. >> abc news reporter wayne freedman is live outside kauffman stadium in kansas city, missouri. hi, wayne. >> reporter: it's a little lonely to be a giants fan. there aren't many people wearing orange or black. it is a moving sea of bl